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"Silver, where is Blade at? Is he with the Qilin?"Silver looks up from her screen to glance at her operation partner before they set off to their destination.
"He is currently watching over the Qi and by the way Kafka, male or mas ailing are referred to as Qi while female and fem ailing are referred to as Lin. When addressing them as a whole species that's when you say Qilin. Blade taught me that last week."

"Oh? I never expected him to be that knowledgeable about them-Wait you said watching over? When did he start doing that?"Kafka looks over the young girl's shoulder to see Blade sitting next to M/n who was in bed asleep and probably wasn't unaware of Blade being in the room with him.
"When did that happen? Last I remember Blade loathes the idea of being near M/n because of Dan Heng's potent scent."

"That's what I thought too but according to Blade, the scent faded away a few weeks ago. Thought his reason was even more bizarre to me. He said that watching his hander sleep was... Fascinating."Kafka smiles wide at this, was Blade truly taking to the Qi as it was said he would? It took longer than expected but things were following on time once more.

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Blade developed a habit of watching M/n while he slept, not knowing it was quite off-putting to do so but something seemed surreal. M/n's skin for the most part appeared untouched but small scars caught his eyes each time he came into the room to look over the man.
I remember he was in the war against the abundance next to Jing Yuna. Hmm, I wonder if he knows the truth concerning Dan Heng's little secret.
M/n stretches in his sleep causing the silk pajamas to ride up exposing one of the larger scars he assumed M/n would have. It extends from M/n's V line and ends just where M/n's second lower rib is. It was well hidden by his normal clothes despite having a large portion exposed.
"You received this while protecting Jing Yuan. After that battle, you retired not because you wanted to...All your life others have been making decisions for you. Must be tiring."Blade stands up, takes the chair to place it back, and leaves the room just minutes before the Qi wakes from his sleep.

He stretches his arms and stumbles to his table to make tea for the day.
Ugh, why did it feel like someone touched my side while I slept?
Once he was finished with his 'morning' tea, M/n showered, awaited his food to be delivered, and played music to pass the time.
"I hope you're safe Dan Dan... Some would have said I should have run away with you but there wasn't enough time or we both could have died that day. I hope you're safe and one day you'll come to rescue me with the others...Oh who am I kidding does anyone even know where I am?"He felt like he was losing hope but M/n shook his head, he knew that it would take time...
"Looks like you're losing your resolve."

".... Isn't it a bit too soon to be visiting me Blade?"

"Sounds like you hate seeing me."A smirk dances across Blade's lips as he grabs the teapot and uncharacteristically makes tea for the Qi. This made M/n super nervous, Blade could feel it a bit and mistook it for worry of being poisoned. He places a cup in front of M/n and takes a sip of the tea then waits for M/n to follow suit.
"....Thank you..."M/n was expecting there to be salt In his tea but as he took the first sip the tea immediately evacuated his mouth.
"What the hell. It's not that bad-"

"Ugh...Way too sweet, it tastes as if you dumped half the jar of sugar in the cup...But you did good besides that part. How about I teach you how to properly make tea?"M/n tried to smile but he felt like his teeth were rotting just from that taste. Did this man before him not understand that some teas are naturally sweet on their own?
"That would be nice."

"Good, come back later tonight-"

"It's already ten at night..."

"Oh...Well if my windows were real and not digital, I'd know. Uh, could you bring me a clock when you return?"